This full-day tour is a marathon of Chinese history, but absolutely worth the effort. The sheer scale of Tiananmen Square is humbling, and walking through the Forbidden City feels like stepping into a living museum. The intricate details of the architecture are breathtaking.

The highlight, of course, is the Great Wall. Climbing its steep steps is a physical challenge, but the panoramic views from the top are simply unforgettable. It’s a powerful reminder of China’s ancient engineering marvels. Be prepared for a lot of walking, but the experience is a perfect snapshot of Beijing's imperial past.

This Beijing travel guide is well-organized and easy to follow, with useful tips on transportation, top attractions, and local food. It includes clear advice on the best times to visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, and Temple of Heaven, helping avoid crowds and heat. Information about tickets, opening hours, and nearby dining is accurate and up-to-date. Whether you’re planning a short trip or a detailed itinerary, this guide saves time and reduces stress. Highly recommended for first-time visitors looking for honest, no-nonsense travel help.

We had a great day visiting the Summer Palace, Lama Temple & Temple of Heaven with Candy! She is very easy to understand & gave us so many interesting stories & history about everything. We also visited the Hutong district & rode in a rickshaw! That was really fun! This tour was the 2nd day of the 2 day tour which also covered the Great Wall, Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square the day before. In these two days we saw the best of Beijing. This company has excellent customer service & communication.

We had a wonderful day today visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City & the Great Wall with Helen! We appreciated that she moved our group of ten quickly through the crowds & security in the morning, showing us the highlights & best viewing places. She did a great job of explaining things & making it interesting. Lunch was included & was very good. Then the afternoon was spent at the Great Wall which was an incredible experience! Helen explained the layout & gave advice on how to explore. She was careful to keep us safe, & offered bathroom breaks & water. Thanks Helen for everything!

Our experience with Helen was absolutely wonderful! She was kind, knowledgeable, and made our visit to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and Tiananmen Square truly unforgettable. Everything was perfectly organized, and Helen shared so many interesting stories that brought history to life. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide! Highly recommended — thank you so much, Helen!

We had an excellent full day tour covering all the main highlights of Xi an. Jackie was a fantastic guide very knowledgeable, clear in his explanations, and with good English.
The car was extremely comfortable and high quality, and the driver was also excellent, always professional and punctual.
Everything was perfectly organized and smooth. Highly recommended!

My wife and I had a wonderful time in China, the guides both Candy in Beijing and Lily in Xi’an were wonderful. Both we very knowledgeable and shared their comprehensive knowledge about both cities. They have my highest recommendation, and I also recommend Your company to anyone traveling to China. I only regret I didn’t have enough time to see more.

Excellent day trip to Xi'an! We were able to visit the city's must-see sights: the Great Wild Goose Pagoda, the impressive Terracotta Army, walk along the city walls and immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of the Muslim Quarter. A huge thanks to our guide, Lily, who made our experience fantastic thanks to her knowledge of ancient Chinese history and local customs.
She answered all our questions and provided additional information when needed. She was very approachable; her service was impeccable.
The driver was punctual and careful, He gave us a safe and comfortable ride, allowing us to travel in the best possible conditions. The tour was very informative, well-organized, and truly captivating. I was very impressed and learned a lot about Xi'an's rich history. Highly recommended! And again special thanks for Lily and the driver.

We had an excellent day on this small group tour, made truly memorable by our guide, Lily. Her knowledge and passion brought the history and culture of the Terracotta Army and City Wall to life. With just six people, the experience was personal and engaging, allowing for deep dives into the stories and background of each site. Lily was attentive, ensured our group stayed together, and shared fascinating insights throughout. Highly recommended for an insightful and enjoyable tour!

My guide, Ryan, made this one day tour worth every minute. We saw some key highlights of the city (including a river cruise in the fog which made for wonderful moody photos!) but it was the information and insights shared by Ryan that made every location come alive. There were also 2 things not on the itinerary that I wanted to do and Ryan made those happen! Amazing guide and worthwhile experience.

y friends and I had a wonderful experience in Guilin . The scenic boat ride was indeed as wonderful as what we were told . Although our trip was a hectic 1 day trip , our local guide , named Oscar , made our trip smooth and relaxing with great care and experience. Most of all , he speaks good English, thus provided all of us with clear n useful informations in all expects of the tour and our needs . We all enjoyed this short but wonderful trip.

We had a great day trip to Hangzhou and managed to see lots in one day. The bullet train tickets were all organised for us, which made the journey very easy. We visited the Pagoda of Six Harmonies, Lingyin Temple, took a boat ride on West Lake, and explored Hangzhou’s old streets. Our guide Samantha was very sweet and friendly, and shared lots of interesting stories about Hangzhou and the places we visited.

From start to finish Travel China Guide - Beijing has provided a great experience. I had booked a two day tour in Beijing which unfortunately fell onto a Monday when some of the bigger attractions close. The company was responsive to any message sent here on TripAdvisor, and provided me with many alternative options. I eventually settled with a one day trip to square, forbidden city, and the Great Wall with a partial refund, which I thought was very fair.

Our guide Helen is excellent and knowledgeable. She handled everything, ticketing, crowd navigation, explanation, and time management expertly. She looked after members of our tour group, including helping out a family with a stroller. To help everyone get home on time in traffic, she even ordered taxi for some of us to get back to our hotels.

It is a great value, as I add everything up from the dedicated shuttle to the much appreciated guide to the tourist catered lunch buffet.

We went on this tour as a group of 5 friends, our tour guide was Helen, she was quite nice.
Picked us up at the hotel punctual, then we went in a very compact comprehensive tour that included many heighlights, most importantly Helen was taking very good care of the time so we kept the schedule and she also took good care if us.
Really recommend if you only have 1 day in Beijing and would like to squeeze in the heighlights.

Roger was a fantastic guide. His tour was filled with a ton of historical not just about the Terracotta Army itself but also Xi’an and its time as the capital and serving as the nexus of the Silk Road. We hit the main spots in addition to the mausoleum and ended in the Muslim bazaar just in time for dinner. If like me, you are pressed for time when coming to Xi’an, I highly recommend this tour as it covers a lot while not feeling too rushed.

Our tour guide Kitty was excellent and made our time in Beijing truly unforgettable. She took great care of us, provided outstanding service, and shared fascinating historical information throughout the tour. Thanks to Kitty’s knowledge and attention, we had a fabulous time exploring Beijing and would highly recommend her to anyone visiting.

Roger was truly one of the best tour guides I’ve ever had. He was incredibly knowledgeable and answered all of my questions, not only about Mount Huashan, but also about Chinese culture more broadly. His English was excellent, and his warm, friendly personality made the entire experience even more enjoyable. I look forward to booking another trip with the same tour company the next time I find my way back to China.

Our seven-person family, three-week adventure throughout various regions and 7 cities across China was all we could have hoped for and more. The small private group arrangement was excellent (so much better than a group tour). The quality of service and assistance from the guides exceeded our expectations. They understood the challenges for English only speaking visitors and provided great assistance that removed stress from us. The tour planning advice, bookings of numerous planes, trains, hotels, vehicles and visitation sites was expertly advised, planned, organised and managed by Wendy. We have much to thank her and our guides for making our tour run perfectly. We certainly could not have enjoyed our experiences as much, would have encountered so many problems with language barrier issues and knowing where to go and when, without the expert guidance and assistance provided.
Thank you, Wendy.

This was such a lovely experience! Lily, our tour guide, was amazing. Her extensive knowledge and passion on the history of Xi'an and the Terracotta Warriors was so admirable and helpful with understanding the life during Ancient times and background of the city. She also answered all our questions with gentle understanding and knowledge.

Overall, it was an excellent tour and I would love to book again when I come back to see the city's progression.

Lily was an amazing tour guide!! She had so much knowledge to share and was so helpful and supportive the entire time! She often checked how we were doing and made sure we were all together before moving.

The transport was comfortable and clean.

The tour as a whole was deeply insightful and well paced, we had time to admire everything whilst also having time for photos and conversations!!

Overall an amazing experience!

I had an excellent tour with Helen. The itinerary was well-paced, allowing ample time to explore each site and absorb the history and culture. Helen was knowledgeable, engaging, and ensured a smooth experience throughout. The Great Wall was truly amazing, and many wonderful photos were taken. I highly recommend this tour.

Roger was incredibly enthusiastic and passionate about sharing the historical facts of the Terracotta Army, and I learned so much from him. The city tour was very well organized and absolutely worth recommending. What really stood out was how thoughtful and helpful he was even beyond the tour itself — I actually ran into him by chance on Mount Huashan, where he kindly helped me get tickets. An amazing guide and a genuinely kind person. Highly recommended!

Winnie, was a breath of fresh air, she was knowledgeable, easy going and while on the bus we sang Karaoke, which my teen boys loved. We explored Zhangijajie National Park for 2 days with Winnie, and saw all the main sights, but it didn’t feel rushed. Winnie did an excellent job in creating a very memorable experience, and we will cherish the memory.

It was a great 4 days 3 nights private tour to Chengdu. I had a good time and i am very thankful for the excellent service and help from my guide (Joy) and driver (Mr. Xie) who had been assist me especially with my mom comfortability as she is on wheelchair. Love the cold and fresh air in Chengdu. My tour guide explain it very well to make the each places that we visited interesting and it very informative from culture, history and traditions. The trip to Giant Pandas Base well of course is unforgettable especially to see all the cute pandas. All the food are delicious. Most of all the places that i have visited are convenient if we come with elderly and wheelchair accessible. This is the second time i came to China with the same agency and the overall service is beyond my expectations from the planning with the agent (Emily) and the service provided from beginning of the tour until the end. Highly recommended.

Our 14-Day Small-Group Tour planer Wendy Lee was very helpful before we go, from hotel, transportation to dinning, she was nice patient and quick respond for our questions. the staff are very willy schedule for the tour, the tour guard are friendly and nice.

A thoroughly excellent two-week private tour of China. Our travel consultant Ms Kina Lu was extremely accommodating and responsive, tailoring our itinerary to our requests and suggesting various options for us to get the most out of our tour. All hotels surpassed our expectations and the guides were knowledgable with a good level of English. Visiting China in December meant less queues and smaller crowd sizes, which was great. Our first time visiting China and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Very nice day exploring incredible wonders. Lily was our guide for the day and she gave us an overview of the Qin history allowed us to appreciate better what we were viewing and most importantly to understand the importance in the Chinese culture and history. She is a very knowledgeable and passionate guide.highly Recommended.

We had a wonderful day exploring Beijing with Wei (William) as our guide. Visiting Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and Mutianyu Great Wall was a great experience, and everything was well organized and smooth.
William was friendly, patient, and knowledgeable, and he made the history easy to understand and enjoyable for our whole family. We felt well taken care of throughout the day and truly enjoyed our time. We would happily recommend Wei (William) to anyone visiting Beijing.

The tour was well spaced with a brilliant explanation by Lily. We had adequate time to admire each historic site and Lily was happy to answer all of our questions. It was not overly crowded and Lily showed us where to get the best pictures. It was wonderful to have the option to stay at the Muslim Bazaar and spend the rest of the evening there.

Helen did an excellent job explaining the forbidden city and the main square in Beijing I highly recommend Helen to be your guide for future endeavors Her knowledge and understanding of the history of the two locations was top notch .Be sure you have good comfortable shoes as you will cover a large area in a short time Helen is a top notch travel guide and you can’t go wrong using her to be your guide The tour is fast paced to insure that you get to see all the the forbiddin city has to offer Admission fees were covered on this tour once again great tour and great guide our tour was around 4 hours